Eddyville Charter School teachers had a vision that if students could read then they would be successful in life. Eddyville Charter School promotes reading instruction for ninety minutes each day in grades K - 8. Students are to read nightly for twenty minutes independently or with a parent or caregiver daily. I teach second and third grade reading; this year we adopted the Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading System, a one-on-one comprehensive assessment to determine independent and instructional guided reading levels. With this program I am able to:
* Determine my students' independent & instructional reading levels.
* Determine reading placement levels and group students for reading instruction.
* Select texts that will be productive for student's instruction.
* Identify students who need intervention.
* Document student progress across a school year and across grade levels.
* Inform parent during conferences.
Because I send home a letter informing parents of their child's reading level, parents are able to go to the library for appropriate leveled reading materials.
Students demonstrate huge reading gains with this program. Research shows that for every one hundred books a student reads at their level, they should progress to the next step.
Students demonstrate huge reading gains with this program. Research shows that for every one hundred books a student reads at their level, they should progress to the next step.
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